Ordos Now

Cannon Design presents its first curated exhibition ORDOS NOW in its gallery located at Bridge 8. The exhibition showcases architectural projects from 13 design firms for the Ordos Project located in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China. The reception will be on Thursday, November 12 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and the exhibition will run through December 12, 2009. In 2008, entrepreneur Cai Jiang commissioned emerging designers from around the world to develop a new cultural district in Ordos that exemplifies innovative and sustainable architectural design. The Ordos Project features a concert hall, retail district, art museums and Ordos 100—100 villas designed by 100 architects selected from 27 countries. ORDOS NOW highlights key cultural buildings and 11 residential villas, each addressing different contextual and cultural responses, fabrication and materiality techniques, and sustainability issues. Architectural works are represented by Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design (Los Angeles), Cannon Design (Shanghai), MADA s.p.a.m. (Shanghai), ZEROLABOFFICE (Shanghai), Office dA (Boston), IwamotoScott (San Francisco), LTL Architects (New York), Lyn Rice Architects (New York), MOS (New Haven), *multiplicities (New York), OBRA Architects (New York), Preston Scott Cohen (New York), Slade Architecture (New York), and Toshiko Mori Architect (New York). For more information, please visit www.ordosnow.com. This exhibition is made possible by Cannon Design.